The Simple Shopping Cart plugin includes an AJAX Add to Cart option that allows your customers to add items to the cart without a page reload. This provides a smoother shopping experience.
Table of Contents
- How to Enable AJAX Add to Cart Buttons
- Create a Dedicated Cart/Checkout Page
- What Happens on the Front-End
- Optional: Change the Success Message
How to Enable AJAX Add to Cart Buttons
- Navigate to your WordPress Admin Dashboard.
- Go to the Simple Shopping Cart Plugin Settings menu.
- Locate and check the option: Enable AJAX add to cart buttons
- Be sure to Save Changes to apply the setting.
Create a Dedicated Cart/Checkout Page
For the View Cart link to work correctly, you must have a dedicated cart/checkout page created using the required shortcode.
Follow the steps here to create the page: Creating a Specific Checkout Page.
What Happens on the Front-End
When a visitor clicks any “Add to Cart” button:
- The product is added immediately to the cart
- The page does not reload
- A small success notice appears below the button saying: Added to cart!
- There is also a “View cart” link below the success message.
- The “View cart” link takes the customer straight to your dedicated cart/checkout page
Optional: Change the Success Message
If you want to customize the “Added to cart!” success message, you can do so by changing the text through the plugin’s language/translation files.